@haroldd2 wrote:Well done Gonçalo, and well done the Portuguese judiciary. What a relief this vindication of an honest man must be.

Most of the British media are reporting the result with a pro-McCann slant. With, strangely enough, the exception of the Sun, which asks and then answers the question "(W)hat are the claims in Goncalo Amaral's book?", even if they answer with a single sentence:

"In the book, it is claimed that Maddie had died in their holiday flat and her parents faked her abduction to cover up the tragedy."

So it is not libellous to say about them that all their performance about leaving no stone unturned, for 10 years, has been a LIE, and that their soliciting of donations has been a FRAUD.

I hope someone who donated to the Fund in good faith sues it for the return of their money. That money could have been donated to efforts to find children who really have disappeared. Some parents have REALLY suffered what the McCanns have lyingly pretended to have suffered, persuading a large number of decent people to part with their money in the process. The court has confirmed that it is not libellous to say this now.

Whoa there, no court has said that...Do you really think someone who donated a bit of their pension or their pocket money would sue?---------------

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"It is eight years since we brought the action and in that time the landscape has dramatically changed, namely there is now a joint Metropolitan Police-Policia Judiciaria investigation which is what we've always wanted ." ----------------------------------------------

really, REALLY?

Campeão das Províncias: (asking GA) "Do you think the reopening of the process is possible?"

Gonçalo Amaral: "I remind you that the McCanns “demanded” the archiving of the process, in 2008, when they were arguidos, merely to defend their image. They are not interested in the reopening of the process or of the investigation" -----------------------------------------------------------Back in 'the day'

Mrs McCann said "As a parent, I find the slowness of action in Portugal really hard to take. I find it quite distressing," she said.

ALL 'words' uttered by KM during the last 8 days.

HOWEVER, she 'conveniently' forgets to mention, to her 'supporters', ANY of the following, on her FB page:

25 February 2010GA – "The child’s parents talk about pseudo leads, that are always related to the abduction theory. I remind you that they “demanded” the archiving of the process, in 2008, when they were arguidos, merely to defend their image. They are not interested in the reopening of the process or of the investigation, where all hypotheses remain open, from a voluntary disappearance up to homicide, like the Public Ministry mentions in the archiving dispatch. They are only interested in the defence of their image."

Saturday, 29 May 2010

Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry, HAVE NEVER REQUESTED the re-opening of the investigation into their daughter's disappearance.

Neither the McCanns nor their lawyers have asked for the re-opening of the case, was confirmed by the office of the Chief Prosecutor of the Republic, putting an end to speculation.

Despite its being three years since the little British girl was reported missing, her parents have at NO TIME taken the necessary steps for the Portuguese authorities - those who hold jurisdiction - to carry on with the case

10 May 2011

"To ask for the process to be reopened, all it would take is a letter to the Prosecutor, as it has already happened in so many other cases. It costs them nothing, just the stamp on the letter."

(The case had been archived and they could have asked to have it kept open, but didn't!")

Kate McCann, mother of the missing child added:

"whether the case is re-opened, or NOT, it DOSEN'T matter"

Lisbon, 23rd September, 2009.

P317, bewk. 'madeleine'.

KM: "It may sound odd, but in some ways we were GLAD the investigation had been closed."

@haroldd2 wrote:Well done Gonçalo, and well done the Portuguese judiciary. What a relief this vindication of an honest man must be.

Most of the British media are reporting the result with a pro-McCann slant. With, strangely enough, the exception of the Sun, which asks and then answers the question "(W)hat are the claims in Goncalo Amaral's book?", even if they answer with a single sentence:

"In the book, it is claimed that Maddie had died in their holiday flat and her parents faked her abduction to cover up the tragedy."

So it is not libellous to say about them that all their performance about leaving no stone unturned, for 10 years, has been a LIE, and that their soliciting of donations has been a FRAUD.

I hope someone who donated to the Fund in good faith sues it for the return of their money. That money could have been donated to efforts to find children who really have disappeared. Some parents have REALLY suffered what the McCanns have lyingly pretended to have suffered, persuading a large number of decent people to part with their money in the process. The court has confirmed that it is not libellous to say this now.

Whoa there, no court has said that...Do you really think someone who donated a bit of their pension or their pocket money would sue?

Well the court has said it's not libellous to express the opinion that they faked the abduction. And if they faked the abduction, then they're lying when they say otherwise and they are committing fraud when they solicit donations on that basis.

Yes, I do think someone who has donated might sue. Why not? Power to their elbow if they do. Many believed the McCanns and sympathised with them for decent, human, wholly honourable reasons, and as their reputation falls I think some donors - thousands of donors - will get annoyed.

@haroldd2 wrote:So it is not libellous to say about them that all their performance about leaving no stone unturned, for 10 years, has been a LIE, and that their soliciting of donations has been a FRAUD.

The court has confirmed that it is not libellous to say this now.

I should be very interested to learn where you get this information from - were you in the court rooms?

From my understanding this particular stage of the court proceedings, or the former hearings as I recall, have never been about libel per se since their initial acrimony. The issue here is Mr Amaral's right to express his opinion, the very fact that his opinion was in accord with the official Portuguese investigation made the McCanns position untenable. In the absence of any solid claim against Mr Amaral in the first instance, the McCanns and their legal representation have been struggling to maintain the impetus of their malice against the case coordinator through the law courts. Thus, their case has gradually evolved and at the same time weakened - ending in today's decision by the Supreme Court.

Beware of what you say. Rejoice in the knowledge that today Goncalo Amaral has been vindicated and can now start to re-build his life - leave the rest to time.

____________________“ The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made" - Groucho Marx

Mirror.co.uk - ‎13 hours ago‎The McCanns have lost their appeal to Portugal's highest court over ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral's book claiming they covered up their daughter's death. Portuguese Supreme Court judges met this morning in Lisbon to resolve the couple's fight against ...

The Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎It marks a major milestone in Gerry and Kate McCann's eight-year fight over a book written by Amaral, who led the initial hunt when then-three-year-old Madeleine vanished from their Algarve holiday apartment in May 2007. Amaral was ordered to pay Kate ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎11 hours ago‎The McCanns yesterday lost an appeal in Portugal's highest court over damaging allegations in a book on the case by Goncalo Amaral, who initially led the investigation into Madeleine's disappaearance ten years ago. The couple initially successfully ...

The Sun - ‎12 hours ago‎Amaral was ordered to pay Kate and Gerry £430,000 plus interest in damages after losing round one of their libel battle in April 2015 over his hurtful book 'The Truth of the Lie.' Appeal judges reversed the initial ruling by a court in Lisbon in April ...

ITV News - ‎13 hours ago‎Her parents, who live in Leicestershire, went to court in Portugal after former police officer Goncalo Amaral wrote in a book that he believed they had had something to do with the disappearance ten years ago. They won and courts said the officer ...

Daily Star - ‎9 hours ago‎“The same would probably be true if the McCanns lost the case.” Amaral is understood to have earned €400,000 (£344,000) from his book before it and a subsequent TV documentary was banned. The book was released just three days after Gerry and Kate ...

The Sun - ‎13 hours ago‎THE parents of Madeleine McCann have lost their latest court appeal to silence a former cop who claims they covered up their daughter's death. Gerry and Kate McCann have spent eight years trying to silence Goncalo Amaral who led the hunt to find the ...

Scottish Daily Record - ‎13 hours ago‎Madeleine McCann's parents have lost their court bid to silence a former policeman who claimed they covered up their daughter's death. Judges had ordered Goncalo Amaral to pay the couple £430,000 in damages in April 2015 – but the ruling was ...

International Business Times UK - ‎9 hours ago‎The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have lost a legal battle against a Portuguese former policeman who claimed in a book that they were involved in their daughter's disappearance on the Algarve in 2007. Portugal's Supreme Court ruled that the book ...

Leicester Mercury - ‎10 hours ago‎Last April Mr Amaral, who had claimed Mr and Mrs McCann were involved in their daughter's disappearance, won an appeal against his libel conviction. After that, lawyers for the McCanns took the case to Portugal's top court. In 2015, Mr Amaral was ...

The Guardian - ‎6 hours ago‎The parents of Madeleine McCann said they were disappointed after Portugal's highest court threw out their libel case against a former detective who implicated them in their daughter's disappearance. Goncalo Amaral was ordered to pay €500,000 ...

Liverpool Echo - ‎13 hours ago‎An appeals court last year overturned that decision but lawyers for the McCanns turned to Portugal's top court. Madeleine disappeared from a holiday home in Portugal's Algarve region in May 2007, days before her 4th birthday. Mr Amaral had argued in ...

The Sun - ‎12 hours ago‎The McCanns claimed the book was hurtful and launched a libel battle against Amaral in April 2015. Amaral was ordered to pay Kate and Gerry £430,000 plus interest in damages after losing round one. However this decision was reversed by appeal judges ...

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New Zealand Herald - ‎7 hours ago‎Judges ruled Amaral's "exercise of his freedom of expression was not considered abusive" and "was within admissible limits in a democratic and open society, which excludes the illegality of possible damage to the honour of the McCanns." ...

RecorderDaily - ‎12 hours ago‎The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost their libel appeal over ex – police chief Goncalo Amaral's book which claimed they covered up their daughter's death. The judgement came from Portugal's highest court. The hearing took place in private at ...

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Morochos.net - ‎3 hours ago‎Goncalo Amaral, who led the investigation into the three-year-old's disappearance in the Algarve in May 2007, had initially been ordered to pay Gerry and Kate McCann €500,000 (£395,000) in compensation, but an appeal court overturned the decision ...

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Of all the ways in which I could have guessed the Mccanns would try to defect away from Amaral's victory, I confess I never would have guessed this!

Such desperation to promote an innocent image, she's hiding herself behind genuine parents in a bid to melt in among the crowd. I really hope nothing comes of this. I'm surprised that the BBC still hasn't covered the story, but anyway warmest congratulations Sr Amaral

@Tony Bennett wrote:I have looked and looked, and searched again and again, but the main BBC News website appears to have carried NOTHING about Amaral's historic victory in the Portuguese Supreme Court.

Not only do we have fake news on the mainstream media news but there is also important news we are not told about, in oher words, we get selective news.

There was a tiny mention of the result on BBC Radio 4's news bulletins this morning.

It’s always been the same with the BBC. It’s not so much about what the BBC says; it’s about what it DOESN’T say. You can guarantee, if it had been about Sharon Matthews, it would be shoved in our faces every minute of the day. Moreover, at the moment, the BBC is tearing Donald Trump to pieces, and showing all the protests that are apparently going on throughout the UK. Strange how the LEFT gets so much exposure, isn’t it?

Is it at all possible that they can take this to the ECHR? I truly hope this is the end of it. From what I've read it seems like you can't apply to the European Court to overturn a decision already made by a member state, unless that decision didn't abide by EU law. But I might have misunderstood that. Regardless, I hope Brexit will make the European Court very very unsympathetic to them, being over litigious Brits!

The European Court of Human Rights is part of the Council of Europe, a distinct body from the European Union.

The ECtHR entertains claims that rights enshrined by the European Convention on Human Rights have been breached: things like the right to life, right to a fair hearing, freedom of expression, that sort of thing.

Of note for such a claim must be Article 17, which provides that no one may use the rights guaranteed by the Convention to seek the abolition or limitation of rights guaranteed in the Convention, an allegation Gonçalo Amaral will surely consider against Kate and Bro. Gerry McCann?

@Tony Bennett wrote:I have looked and looked, and searched again and again, but the main BBC News website appears to have carried NOTHING about Amaral's historic victory in the Portuguese Supreme Court.

I noticed that the story was the main news item on Yahoo news for a while last night. I also noticed that most of the comments were very critical of the McCanns, but they were getting deleted almost as soon as they appeared. Fascinating. I've never seen that before. I've seen really nasty, even potentially libellous comments about all kinds of public figures and they've been allowed to stay for hours - but if you criticise the McCanns, it's removed straight away.

____________________...how did you feel the last time you squashed a bug? -psychopathic criminal, quoted in Robert Hare, Without Conscience

Eddie and Keela alerted to items and places concerned with the McCanns - and importantly to no other items or places.

According to Eddie and Keela, the body of Madeleine McCann lay lifeless behind the sofa in Apartment 5a, clinging to the only thing from which she could derive any comfort; a soft toy called 'Cuddle cat'.

Former Met Police Chief Lord Stevens:"There was no hard evidence because of the sheer inadequacy of the Portuguese investigation. There's absolutely no chance the parents of Madeleine McCann would be charged with her murder in this country. I've been a detective at the most senior level for 30 years and have never seen such a witch-hunt, or one based on such flimsy evidence."

Ch Insp Tavares de Almeida: "Kate and Gerald McCann are involved in the concealment of the cadaver of their daughter Madeleine McCann. From what has been established up to now, everything indicates that the McCann couple, in self-defence, doesn't want to deliver the cadaver immediately and voluntarily."

Kate's book 'madeleine', Page 219: "Did they really believe that a dog could smell the 'odour of death' three months later from a body that had been so swiftly removed?"

After forensic analysis of the 'Last Photo' there is little doubt now that the pool photo CANNOT POSSIBLY have been taken on the Thursday 3rd May, but most likely on the Sunday 29th April. So, where was Madeleine at lunchtime on Thursday? We don't know, but we can begin to "purport theories" based both on strong evidence, and lack of evidence.

Dr Gonçalo Amaral, retired PJ Coordinator: "The English can always present the conclusions to which they themselves arrived in 2007. Because they know, they have the evidence of what happened, they don't need to investigate anything. When MI5 opens their files, then we will know the truth."

Ex-Met DCI Colin Sutton: "The most likely scenario is that Madeleine was stolen to order by slave traders and smuggled into Africa for a rich family who wanted a white child."

Ex-Met DCI Andy Redwood had a "revelation moment" on BBC1's Crimewatch on 14th October 2013 when he announced that Operation Grange had eliminated the Tanner sighting - which opened up the 'window' of opportunity', in accordance with their remit, to allow the staged abduction to happen.

Tracey Kandohla: "A McCann pal told The Sun Online: "Some of the savings have been siphoned off from the Find Maddie Fund into a fixed asset account, which financial experts have advised them to do. It can be used for purchases like buying a house or building equipment."

Gerry McCann called for an example to be made of 'trolls'. SKY reporter Martin Brunt doorstepped Brenda Leyland on 2 October 2014 after a 'Dossier' was handed in to Police by McCann supporters. She was then found dead in a Leicester hotel room the next day. Brenda paid the price.